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Teachers in Hemet are considering walking off the job.
The instructors, who have not received a pay raise in four years, are preparing a possible strike regarding salaries and class sizes, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise.
Administrators with the Hemet Unified School District are recruiting substitute teachers and planning classes in anticipation of a possible walk-out.
The district, which is in charge of approximately 21,000 students, is offering $295 a day to anyone willing to cross the picket line, more than some of the district’s regular teachers earn, the report stated.
Members of the Hemet Teachers Association maintain that they are among the lowest-paid educators in Riverside County.
They are being offered a four percent salary increase plus $1,500 a year toward health insurance. The health insurance payments would be retroactive to the 2013-14 academic year.
Teachers are asking for a six percent salary increase and a limit on class sizes, according to the report.
Hemet teachers, who have worked 22 unpaid furlough days in recent years to help the district through difficult financial times, have worked without a contract since their previous deal expired two years ago.
